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The Art of Building a Home
Barry Parker, Raymond Unwin
1901
Longmans, Green and Co. : London
9" by 5.5"
[8], vi, 133, [4], [68 plates]pp
SUMMARY
A second edition copy of this collection of lectures on building a home, with illustrations.
Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs1 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage:£ 22.99
EU Postage: £ 16.99
European Postage: £ 17.99
Asia Postage: £ 22.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 28.99
DESCRIPTION
A second edition copy.
A collection of lectures on building a home, including art and simplicity, furniture, building and natural beauty and the art of designing small houses and cottages. The lectures are written by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin.
With sixty-eight plates.
Collated, complete.
With an inscription for Malcolm Higgs, 1969 to the front pastedown and a bookplate for John Sawers.
From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the ‘Journal of Architecture’.
CONDITION
In the publishers original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the boards and some fading to the spine. Front hinge is starting and remains generally firm. With an inscription for Malcolm Higgs, 1969 to the front pastedown and a bookplate for John Sawers. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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